Considering That Ronald Reagan Initially Ran on a Platform Promising

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Essay

Considering that Ronald Reagan initially ran on a platform promising a balanced budget by 1984, how do you explain the fact that the budget deficit doubled during his administration?

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Definitions:

Defense Mechanisms

Psychological strategies employed unconsciously by individuals to protect themselves from anxiety and to cope with reality or maintain self-image.

Oedipal Crisis

An Oedipal Crisis, in Freudian theory, is a phase in a child's development characterized by conflicting emotions toward the opposite-sex parent and envy or rivalry toward the same-sex parent.

Denial

In psychoanalytic theory, the defense mechanism that allows the mind to deny that a current source of anxiety exists.

Defense Mechanism

Psychological strategies used unconsciously by individuals to protect themselves from anxiety arising from unacceptable thoughts or feelings.